A bone of fact /
David Walsh.
- Sydney : Picador, 2014.
- xiv unnumbered pages, 368 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.
"Wherein David Walsh, Mona owner, inventories his pretensions as 'art, science, maths, smartarse, penis, narcissist', and adds author to this tally."--Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-363)
"David Walsh - the creator of Mona in Hobart - is both a giant and an enigma in the Australian art world. A multi-millionaire who made his money gambling, David has turned a wild vision into a unique reality; he is in turns controversial, mysterious and idolised. 'A bone of fact' is his utterly unconventional and absorbing memoir..."--Inside front cover.
Adult.
Pages gilt-edged; illustrated endpapers.
9781742612911
2014472350
Walsh, David 1961- Walsh, David, 1961-. Walsh, David, 1961- Walsh, David, 1961- Walsh, David 1961-
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